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DaneMcCloud 03-24-2015 10:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Rausch (Post 11402191)
I would argue that for 4 seasons Fringe did a great job of balancing "story of the week" with an over-arcing story for the season.

In Fringe what happened in ep 2 of season 1 usually came back by the end. Or once again appeared in season 3. I thought they did a great job of slow playing ideas until the compressed last season.

I never did understand their really $#itty conclusion and how the time travel aspects were supposed to work out to make everything OK. In fact, no matter how you look at that ending it makes no sense...

Oh, I get it and I loved Walter, too. Josh Jackson was really great as well. But the writers and producers are reason this show isn't an all time classic. The premise was there, the actors were there but the stories just weren't consistent.

That said, X-Files ran into the same situation. The show dragged on too long and by the time the final season rolled around, I wasn't even interested anymore. There were some good episodes after the first film (which was awful, IMO) and there were some atrocious episodes.

I think that a six episode arc, if well written, could be spectacular and if so, it would be a blast to see even just six episodes a year for a few years.

Fingers crossed (although without Vince Gilligan, I have my doubts).

Rausch 03-24-2015 10:29 PM

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Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud (Post 11402200)
Oh, I get it and I loved Walter, too. Josh Jackson was really great as well. But the writers and producers are reason this show isn't an all time classic. The premise was there, the actors were there but the stories just weren't consistent.

That said, X-Files ran into the same situation. The show dragged on too long and by the time the final season rolled around, I wasn't even interested anymore. There were some good episodes after the first film (which was awful, IMO) and there were some atrocious episodes.

I think that a six episode arc, if well written, could be spectacular and if so, it would be a blast to see even just six episodes a year for a few years.

Fingers crossed (although without Vince Gilligan, I have my doubts).

I loved the series (X Files) and thought it deserved a movie or two to wrap things up. The desire by fans was there.

But they didn't wrap things up. It seemed like they approached the films like getting two extra episodes. And I didn't like either one.

Either way I think both shows were excellent for their time. I'd love to see another similar show in the next few years that uses the basic premise (X Files/Fringe) to explore strange things with more modern science.

I also wouldn't mind an update to the "Sliders" idea of visiting a multiverse or parallel worlds...

007 03-24-2015 11:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Rausch (Post 11402210)
I loved the series (X Files) and thought it deserved a movie or two to wrap things up. The desire by fans was there.

But they didn't wrap things up. It seemed like they approached the films like getting two extra episodes. And I didn't like either one.

Either way I think both shows were excellent for their time. I'd love to see another similar show in the next few years that uses the basic premise (X Files/Fringe) to explore strange things with more modern science.

I also wouldn't mind an update to the "Sliders" idea of visiting a multiverse or parallel worlds...

Sliders was always my guilty pleasure.

DaneMcCloud 03-24-2015 11:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Guru (Post 11402243)
Sliders was always my guilty pleasure.

I remember liking the first season, although the VFX were amazingly cheesey. But after that, I lost track of it and once I revisited it, it was completely different.

007 03-24-2015 11:15 PM

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Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud (Post 11402244)
I remember liking the first season, although the VFX were amazingly cheesey. But after that, I lost track of it and once I revisited it, it was completely different.

Yeah, it fell of the tracks late in season 2 but I watched it anyway. Cheesy but enjoyable.

DaneMcCloud 03-24-2015 11:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Guru (Post 11402245)
Yeah, it fell of the tracks late in season 2 but I watched it anyway. Cheesy but enjoyable.

Kari is still a hottie.

007 03-24-2015 11:30 PM

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Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud (Post 11402248)
Kari is still a hottie.

:D

Rausch 03-24-2015 11:41 PM

A (very) fine product of Deutschland genetics.

Her character was $#it and the show jumped the shark by season 3 but she was an exemplary eye candy replacement to the plucky Sabrina Lloyd...

Frosty 03-25-2015 07:47 AM

If you have DirecTV and have the Chiller channel (CH 257), old episodes of The X-Files are on just about every day.


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